One solid thing I’ve realised is that even if you are granted what your heart desires, you’ll never truly be content. But having God as your best friend will overpower every other desire that you hold, just the friendship alone will nourish your heart. The friendship represents a universal treatment for your physical, mental and spiritual needs.
How beautiful is the sinner who silently weeps at night and seeks forgiveness of His Lord when everybody else is sleeping.
Ya Allah make my love for you transcend the love of all other things & make my fear of you be more than the fear of all other things, & make my desire to meet You over ride all the desires of this world. And when the eyes of the worldly people are cooled & comforted by the world, make the coolness & enjoyment of my eyes lie in Your worship. Allahumma Amin.
Such tender places we create when we take what broke us and bend it into a better shape. The other day I watched her settle cookies into a pan. She looked at me and said: my daughter will never worry about what she eats. The other day I watched him pick up a cat so tenderly it immediately fell asleep. Half-crying he whispered: if only someone was this gentle to me.
Oh I know how to be sharp. Don't we all.
But water finds its way into the stone. And I will be good, even if I am little.
Whenever I stop making God the forefront of my life I get depressed and this is comforting because even if my mind doesn’t remember my soul knows to who it will return. And to me that’s hope. And to my mind that is a reminder.